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JOEL MANCHESTER, or NEW YORK, N r.v

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To ALL WHOM 1T MAY coNonnN:A

Beit known that I, JOEL MANCHESTER, of the city, county,and State of `New Yorlr, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Animal-Traps; and I do-hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact td the'accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my improved trap, part of the box being broken awhy to show the construction.

Figure 2 is a detail View, showing the device for setting the trap.

Figure 3 is a detail view of the toothed plate, by which the animal is killed.

Similar'letters of vreference indicate corresponding parts. Y

My invention has for its object to furnish a simple, cheap, and effective trap, by means of'-which animals may be killed and thrown from the trap, the trap setting itself for the neirt animal; and it consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the various parts of the machine, as hereinafter more fu'lly described.

A is the box of the trap', the upper part and front side of which may be left open,as shown in fig. 1. B is a frame, securely attachedlto the sides of the vtrap to confine the spring. or springs C in place, and furnisha support for the other parts of the mechanism. The spring C is coiled around, and has one of its ends attached description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the samereference being had u to the shaft D, that passes `through and works in a. bearing formed in'the centre of the frame B. 'lhe other end of the spring C is attached to one end of the frame B, or to some other support. To the end 'of the shaft D is attached a crank-lever, E, from the other end of which projects a pin or arm, el. F is a lever, one end of l which is pivoted to a pin, G, attached to the end of the frame B, and to the other end of which is attached a.

plate, H, having one or more downwardly-projecting teeth, as shown in iig. 3. The lever F is made in substantially the form ,shown in iig. 1, has a short arm, f', formed upon its upper side near its pivoted end, and its` bearing upon tho pin Gis made long, so that it may always move u p and down vertically. I is e.:pivoted plateV or bar, to the lowerend of which the hait-hook is attached. The upper part of the plate I is made in sub,` atantially the form shown in g. 1, that is to say, with curved guide-fiangcs il, upon itsoutensides, against which the projections e2, formed upon the end of the crank-lever E, as it revolves, strikes so aste' bring the projection il, formed upoii the upper end of the plate I, above its pivoting-point, into proper position for the said projection e2 to strike against to hold the trap set.' The spring .C is wound up by removing the arm or lever F, and turning the cranklever E. When the trap is set, the projection e2 ,of the crank-lever E, rests against the projection i of the plate or bar I, holdingthe arm or 'lever F, andltoothed plate-Hwaised above the box.

As the animal nibbles the bait, he moves the pivoted arm or plate 'I, releasing the crank-lever E from the,

plate` I, when the spring C revolves the crank-lever E2 The first e'ect is that the pin el, pressing against the lower end of the armf, raises the lever F into nearly a vertical position. VIt then presses against the upper edge of the main part of the lever F, forcing it down, and forcing the teeth `of the plate H- through the animal,

killing him, the pin el, owing to the peculiar form. of the lever F, continually pressing against the .upper edgeA of the said lever E, until thecrank-lever E has reached the position shown in iig. l.i From this point, until the projection e2 catches upon the projection 2, the pin cl presses against the lower side ofthe armf, raising the lever F and toothed plate H,'throwing the dead animal oli the teeth of the pla'te H out of the way, leaving the trap set for the next animal.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new., and desire .to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The arm or lever F, constructed substantially in the shape and manner herein shown and described, in combination with the toothed plate H,cranklever E, and spring C, substantially as and fo'r the purpose set forth.

2. The pivoted bait-hook har or plate I, constructed substantially` as herein shown anddescribed, in com-f bination with the crank-lever E, as-an'd'for the purposes set forth. I

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this 24th day of September, 1867. l

' JOEL MANCHESTER.

Witnesses:

WM. F. McNAMARA', Jamas T. GRAHAM. 

